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Vogl, M.

Assessing DRG cost accounting with respect to resource allocation and tariff calculation: The case of Germany.

Health Econ. Rev. 2:15 (2012)

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ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the German diagnosis related groups (G-DRG) cost accounting scheme by assessing its resource allocation at hospital level and its tariff calculation at national level. First, the paper reviews and assesses the three steps in the G-DRG resource allocation scheme at hospital level: (1) the groundwork; (2) cost-center accounting; and (3) patient-level costing. Second, the paper reviews and assesses the three steps in G-DRG national tariff calculation: (1) plausibility checks; (2) inlier calculation; and (3) the "one hospital" approach. The assessment is based on the two main goals of G-DRG introduction: improving transparency and efficiency. A further empirical assessment attests high costing quality. The G-DRG cost accounting scheme shows high system quality in resource allocation at hospital level, with limitations concerning a managerially relevant full cost approach and limitations in terms of advanced activity-based costing at patient-level. However, the scheme has serious flaws in national tariff calculation: inlier calculation is normative, and the "one hospital" model causes cost bias, adjustment and representativeness issues. The G-DRG system was designed for reimbursement calculation, but developed to a standard with strategic management implications, generalized by the idea of adapting a hospital's cost structures to DRG revenues. This combination causes problems in actual hospital financing, although resource allocation is advanced at hospital level.

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Publication type Article: Journal article

Document type Scientific Article

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Keywords Hospital reimbursement; Hospital costs; Accounting; Resource allocation; Prospective payment system; Diagnosis related group

ISSN (print) / ISBN 2191-1991

e-ISSN 2191-1991

Journal Health Economics Review

Quellenangaben Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Article Number: 15

Publisher Springer

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Reviewing status Peer reviewed

Institute(s) Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management (IGM)